Migração chinesa em Angola: principais motivações e efeitos no município de Viana - um estudo de caso do complexo comercial Cidade da China de Luanda

Abstract

Between 2003 and 2013, the Republic of Angola experienced an intense migration of Chinese citizens, whose event has had an impact on the country's migratory history, since it became independent from the Portuguese colonial regime, on november 11, 1975. According to the study, one of the main reasons that led to Chinese migration was related to the economic investments that the Republic of China channeled to Angola, following the bilateral agreement signed between the two governments for the reconstruction of the main infrastructures destroyed during the civil war and the recovery of the country's economy. The agreement also aimed to circumvent the model of economic cooperation that was usually carried out with financial institutions linked to the countries of the Global North, especially the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, which at the time lived off some discredit in terms of results in the countries of the Global South, whose model was characterized by impositions on certain programs. This work comprises an analysis of the main motivations of Chinese migration in Angola, its effects, from a field study carried out in the municipality of Viana, Shopping Cidade da China de Luanda, considered one of the largest open-air commercial complexes in the country. The research is of a documentary nature, based on a qualitative approach, and analyzed the main events that influenced the phenomenon of Chinese migration in Angola, with emphasis on the armed conflict and the impact of economic investments in the period under study.